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Both girls, flushed and rather uneasy looking, were now eyeing the two ill-at-ease young first classmen. "No; we haven't invited anyone else. But there's something to be explained," replied Dick lamely. "Greg, you explain, won't you? And you'll all excuse me, won't you, while I hurry away to tog for dress parade?"
This penalty would last during the remaining weeks of the encampment and would be pronounced upon Jordan as soon as the commandant of cadets perfunctorily confirmed the temporary order of Lieutenant Denton. Dick, at the head of A company, looked as impassive as ever, though he felt far from comfortable. Through the ranks, wherever first classmen walked, excitement was seething.
The first class men were dreaming of their commissions in the more real Army beyond West Point; the present third classmen were looking forward with intense longing to the furlough that would begin as soon as they had stepped over the line into the second class.
Then Durville and others made heated addresses in which they declared that Prescott could no longer consistently retain the class presidency. A motion was made that Prescott be called upon to resign. It was seconded by several first classmen. Then Anstey, the Virginian, claimed the floor in behalf of the humiliated class president.
On this Wednesday evening the new uniforms were of white, the summer and tropical uniform of the Navy. These were donned by first classmen only in honor of the class german, which the members of the three lower classes do not attend. All the young Women attending were also attired wholly in white, save for simple jewelry or coquettish ribbons.
"You can become a Girl Scout if you will work hard enough. You must receive a mark of over eighty per cent on your first report, and you must make the hockey squad. Then you'll be among the first to join." "Yes, I know. But isn't it dreadfully hard to get on the hockey team? With so many upper classmen, I mean?"
There are no second classmen in summer encampment, until just before the time to break camp and return to barracks for the following academic year. Members of the new second class -men who have successfully passed through the first two years of life at the United States Military Academy -are allowed two months and a half of summer furlough, during which time they return to their homes.
"Good evening, Prescott." "Oh, good evening, Stubbs." Cadet Stubbs came to a brief halt before the cadet captain's tent. "I have been noticing that Jordan has a good many visitors this evening," Dick remarked. "All from our class, too, aren't they?" questioned Stubbs. "Yes. If we were yearlings I should feel sure that they had a plebe or two in there. But first classmen don't haze plebes."
"You're just the fellows we're looking for," said Allen, the leading spirit of the three young men who entered the room. "You haven't very far to look, then," replied Will laughingly, for in his heart he felt honored by the unexpected visit of the upper classmen. "That's right, freshman. How are you getting on?" "They've kept us busy, to say the least." "You mean the sophs?" "Yes.
Now our young first classmen were in for another thrill -the pleasure of wearing officers' uniforms for the first time. On graduation the midshipman is an officer of the Navy, though a very humble one. The graduated midshipman's uniform is a more imposing affair than the uniform of a midshipman who is still merely a member of the brigade at the Naval Academy.
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